Further to my last post, my frustration with this sport that lies above everything else is the routinely incorrect and inconsistent application of GoE and PCS marks. What's worse, the ISU seems to have little mechanism or interest in fostering more reliable scoring.
As a result, the panel has in my mind too much latitude to select winners without repercussion.
Inasmuch as we can argue IJS is killing the sport, the rampant subjectivity that continues to be unchallenged plays just as big of a role in the failure to attract new audiences, much of whom do not see skating as a credible sport.
The ISU is trying to straddle a fence between athletics and performance art and I don't see it as a long term solution.
Pick a side:
Become more like 'artistic' gymnastics where tech drives almost all of the scoring...or find a way to get more transparency and consistency in the subjective elements of the scoring
OR
go the other way and allow judges (and audiences) to vote with their hearts or personal agendas based on how they respond to what they see....but insodoing take it out of the Olympics.
As me gran'pappy used to say: you can't suck and blow at the same time. So, stop trying to
As a result, the panel has in my mind too much latitude to select winners without repercussion.
Inasmuch as we can argue IJS is killing the sport, the rampant subjectivity that continues to be unchallenged plays just as big of a role in the failure to attract new audiences, much of whom do not see skating as a credible sport.
The ISU is trying to straddle a fence between athletics and performance art and I don't see it as a long term solution.
Pick a side:
Become more like 'artistic' gymnastics where tech drives almost all of the scoring...or find a way to get more transparency and consistency in the subjective elements of the scoring
OR
go the other way and allow judges (and audiences) to vote with their hearts or personal agendas based on how they respond to what they see....but insodoing take it out of the Olympics.
As me gran'pappy used to say: you can't suck and blow at the same time. So, stop trying to